Bank of America's decision last month to lay off 30, 000 employees is a direct consequence of various Congressional edicts limiting how much the bank can charge merchants or how it can handle delinquent borrowers.

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The Democrats will charge that the Republicans, by limiting malpractice suits, are still in hock to big business (although the health-care industry opposes the Republicans' plan just as it does the Democrats' one).

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During the recession, corporate clients started limiting the number of hours a firm could charge and made it a policy not to pay for first-year associates, explains Don Liu, general counsel for Xerox Corp.

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